#platonic severitus

[pigidin]

I've been a big fan of Snape-Harry interactions recently, but there's one thing I can't figure out.

I have a soft spot for their platonic interactions but here lies one problem. As far I know, a term severitus is commonly used (and was basically made) for father-son-like relationships between the two, which also involves mentorship. But I've seen bunch of people using severitus when talking about platonic as well AND referring to platonic interactions as synonym to mentorship. And this kinda left me confused, coz those two terms, well, are kinda different and you simply can't put equal sign between those.

Some even say severitus was made as a name for platonic version of their interactions, but they usually still mean mentorship by saying this. Due to that I genuinely don't understand what I should call their platonic interactions as plenty other fans use names for romantic relationships, but with the emphasis that it's a platonic version of one. Seems partly fair to me, but saying "platonic snarry" can be a bit strange.

Moreover, AO3 eg uses & to differentiate platonic relationships, but referring to it as snarry can be confusing.. so...

I really don't know which one is better as severitus isn't really about friendships (or at least it's not commonly used in senses different than mentor-ish) and snarry in its nature is specifically a thing for non-platonic stuff. Like.. I'd be very grateful if someone brought some light to this, as.. it confuses me a lot.

Much bigger problem tho.. is when talking about queerplatonic kind of relationship. Coz this way it becomes much more obvious, that it lays neither in romantic snarry nor mentor or perhaps sometimes platonic severitus. It's basically neither. Btw, in this situation I don't even know whether to use / or &. Neither fit.

There is practically one single qpr story between them and it's tagged as slash but even tho I agree that it fits much better than gen for instance, it's still not entirely right, as.. well ships usually mean romantic/sexual stuff going on, and qpr defies those on its nature.

I actually ship Snape and Harry exclusively in qpr, but calling it snarry seems off a bit. So yeah. I know that people were suggesting using ~ for qprs, but it's not a very common move. So.. any thoughts on that?

[lilithofpenandbook]

Hey, so, you know when Harry's holding Snape when he's dying, trying to stop the bleeding?

What if that was the first time Snape was touched by someone wanting to heal, not hurt-

[handostone]

haunting green

[snifellus]

Wholesome severus

guess I’m doing this trend now..

[nightingale2004]

Severus Snape as a celebrity singer AU headcanon

Severus got his first guitar from his father, who won it and gave it to Severus (the only nice thing Tobias ever gave his own son)

After he got the guitar, he taught himself how to play it and started performing in the privacy of his own room, then he slowly started playing in the streets and then soon on the stage of bars under the stage name "Severus Prince"

He started earning money as an underground singer, but then CEO Tom Riddle and a few of his colleagues discovered Severus and made him famous in a snap and even helped him with money for school per Severus's request (if the singer thing didn't work out)

Severus's music has a similar vibe to Lana del Ray, Melanie Martinez, NF, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Bastille, Tamino Amir, Billie Eilish, and Alan Walker

His genres of music would be rock, metal, punk, classical, no doubt some techno, and of course goth

His first year working for Tom Riddle, he was with a band, calling it "The Half-blood Prince." After Severus's high school years, they disbanded

Severus was facing a very toxic environment working for Tom, and he wasn't singing songs that fit Severus. He was even facing depression and self-harm, but he would write in his own little songbook to let it out

Eventually, he left the Riddle company and worked with Dumbledore in his company, where he had more freedom to sing what he wanted instead of what Riddle made him do.

He and Lily were friends but quickly grew apart as they grew up

Lily is one of the managers working for Dumbledore along with her new husband James Potter, who was a former member of a once popular band called "The Marauders" , now he is also a manager to his best friend, former band mate and current big time celebrity Sirius Black

Severus, during his time with Dumbledore and his company, he went on a down low recovery to help himself from what he experienced in his past and from Riddle company

As he recovered, he started singing songs and releasing a bunch of albums that were relatable to a lot of people. (Lost loves, trauma, depression, mental health, abuse, betrayal, fake friends, toxic relationships, etc. He even wrote a song about his mother)

Severus, despite his music, doesn't like the constant attention and still keeps to himself.

He has a rivalry with famous actor and singer, Sirius Black

Severus is known as a very mysterious celebrity. He tends not to give much about his past or what he went through but his fans and haters have their theories

He secretly donates his money to the children of Spinners' end so that they could have a better life and education than he ever had

He eventually reconnects with Lily, and they get somewhat close, but there's still a wall there

Severus was once engaged to Mulciber before he quiet, but weeks after their engagement, Mulciber died due to overdose

Severus is said to have the voice of a siren

He also gives off an Eric Draven vibe

[thatsillything]

One of my headcanon's on Snape it's that he saved everything that Lily gifted him. From small birthday cards to the book bag she gave him before the school year the year they had a fight. After their argument, he never appeared again with that bag, so it remained in good condition. That's why adult Snape has a box in the far corner of the closet with a bunch of gifts from Lily, like it's a time capsule.

I'm not normal about it and it's also would be interesting in Severitus settings because Harry would definitely found this box while snooping around a house

[momo-t-daye]

Part One

Co-(god)parenting a teenager with your (maybe?) ex can be quite the adventure

(O.W.L.s might be easier if you'd had the examiners as tutors since you were old enough to talk, Sirius)

So, for the mirror pattern, I'd been goofing around with attempting marbling with India ink and water, I made an awful mess but I had fun and the swirly pattern looks interesting

[fairyofspringdays]

Severus: Hello, people who don't live here.

Harry: Hi!

Hermione: Hello professor :>

Ron: Um... hi.

Remus: Good morning, Severus.

Sirius: Sup Snape!

Severus: I gave you the password in case of emergencies!

Harry: We couldn't understand the Potions homework.

Sirius: And we ran out of snacks.

[lunar-skylar]

Gosh, I know this is like…unpopular or whatever, but I actually quite like Delphini. The way she, Voldemort, and Harry parallel each other keeps me up at night. Like, I love it so much. To me, they’re a family—a very distant, very strange, very cursed family, but still. I just know Bellatrix is rolling in her grave at the realization that not only was her man obsessed with and fixated on Harry (a Potter), but her daughter was too. She’s so done with that family (#Potterphobic), and I can't even blame her, LMAOOO 😭

[hp-fanfic-archive]

Fall To Home by Annie1025 Pairing: Gen, Severitus Rating: G Word Count: 5k Harry falls off his broom during the Quidditch match due to Dementors storming the pitch. Severus caters to the aftermath of the (emotional) damage done.

[nightingale2004]

Platonic! Sevity friendship hcs

Charity had no filter as a kid. She would always say whatever popped inside her head, but as she grew up, she would start thinking it and sometimes actually say it

When she and Severus first met, she immediately introduced herself with intense confidence while Severus was very awkward and confused but introduced himself nonetheless

When she and Severus got to know each other, severus was more awkward with her while Charity saw him as strange but liked him anyway

Sev and Charity do spa days together (Charity forces him to come along, and Severus pretends to hate it)

If she and Severus ever went to a party together, Charity will drag Severus to the dance floor

Both Charity and Severus people judge and even make up stories about most of the students of Hogwarts (the rest of the Snape gang like to join in)

Charity often rants about anything and is the talker in the relationship, but whenever Severus starts talking (which is a rarity), she listens and gives her full attention, not saying a single word until he's finished

Charity compliments him a lot and always loves making him blush and bashful.

Charity and Severus paint each other's nails, do each other's hair, and gossip 24/7 (the snape gang is included sometimes, but it's mostly just charity and sev)

Charity loves messing with Severus's hair and styling it in different ways. Severus has tried to get her to stop, but she would always keep braiding it despite his protests

Every time Severus was bullied by the marauders, she would either challenge them out in the open or brainstorm ideas to cause some nonfatal humiliating "accidents"

After Lily chose James over Severus, she confronted Lily the day after and had an argument with her that quickly turned into an old muggle fashioned brawl (hair was pulled, punches were thrown, words were said and blood was spilled. Not a lot tho)

It took Severus and Aurora to pull Charity off of Lily, and the marauders were surrounding Lily (mostly James) after the fight was over

After Charity confessed to Severus on why she did what she did and beat the daylights out of Lily and tore some of her red hair out of head, severus felt oddly flattered, shocked and a little scared (he made a mental not never to cross Charity)

Charity doesn't like the Malfoys but tolerates them for Severus's sake

Charity found out about Severus's homelife due to the bruises and the look he would have before they left for Hogwarts for the new school year

Charity made a comment on how Severus would be welcomed at her home if he wanted to come over during break or if things get too tense at home

Severus knew immediately after that comment that she figured it out. He denied her request, but Charity insisted that he would keep her offer standing (he took on her offer during some breaks here and there)

When Severus told Charity of his interests and curiosities, she reacted surprisingly undisturbed to it. Which surprised Severus immensely, not just because of her casual reaction but also because she supports his curiosities and even accepts him for it and doesn't see it as evil even if he is a Slytherin.

Charity's parents were weary of Severus at first until they saw how they treated each other, which was more of a brother and sister type, and they grew to love having Severus around

Charity and Severus are gardening buddies. They both have a great green thumb

She and Sev both have their mad scientist moments when they talk theories with spells and potions and how they can create new ones or improve the old ones

Charity is one of the few people who know of Severus's personal home life but has never told another soul because sev swore her to secrecy

Charity teaches Sev how to dance. Before that, Severus had two left feet (believe it or not)

Charity always watches for Severus's health and makes sure he's eating and sleeping properly. If she finds out he doesn't, she goes completely in mother bear mode.

Charity always tries to make Severus smile or laugh. She loves his smile

Whenever she and Severus are out in diagon Alley or just shopping in general, Charity always buys something for Severus or forces him to buy something despite his protests (he loves it but never admits it)

Whenever the marauders are around, she gives them a death glare or secretly plots their murder with the Snape gang

She and Sev are also cooking/baking buddies

Sev teased Charity about her crush on Aurora before Charity and Aurora became a couple.

Sev is Charity's wingman, and Charity is Severus's wing woman

They both have a secret place where they talk about anything, do assignments, or even brainstorm new ideas

Charity secretly keeps the strand of Lily's hair as a reminder of her victory in defending Sev's honor

Charity's style aesthetic is more hippie, cottagecore, and fairycore. While Severus is goblincore, emo and academia core

[birdiebirdjay]

i remember reading OotP for the first time, getting to SWM, and seeing Harry's reaction to it. how he was, before everything, horrified. he was fifteen, seeing his father at his age, bullying and sexually harassing a student who hadn't done anything but 'just exist'.

i was a kid, but i wanted a bonding moment between harry and severus so badly. i kept turning the pages, waiting for severus to walk back in and what i thought was an inevitable 180 in severus and harry's relationship (PLATONICALLY. RELATIONSHIP AS IN SEVERITUS RELATIONSHIP WHERE SEVERUS BECOMES ANOTHER FATHER FIGURE TO HARRY.) where they would talk, make up for the past five years of hating each other, but no. severus comes back in, iirc yanks harry out of the pensieve, and screams at him. god, i felt so bad for severus, and harry did too. he expected harry to be like his father, to laugh and taunt him now that he knew, but no, harry just... harry was just horrified, plain and simple.

i kept turning the pages, waiting and waiting for the moment where they would talk and resolve and severus snape became the mentor. an actually competent one, who could watch out for him and keep him safe. but... no. the moment passed, and a few months or so later, harry is back to hating severus and severus hates harry even more now.

i don't know what this was. mostly just me, thinking about the what-ifs and the ways things could have been.

[lightningant]

Do you think Draco “redeemed himself” in the canon books successfully?

No. Part of why he is so insufferable to me is that he doesn't really get an arc. He's an annoying little twerp who exists to fluster the golden trio, fails to be an enemy, catches Dead Godfather Strays in book 6, gets cut to ribbons after crying in the bathroom and Harry does not give even half a fuck about it (lol), vanishes from the plot until he decides to not foil Harry in a meaningfully malicious way, and proceeds through the rest as a background character who experiences no strife or comeuppance or really any expression of conflict at all. Life sucks and then he got out of it. Even his parents got out of it. He doesn't have any relationship with his godfather, it turns out he doesn't have a relationship with literally any of his Slytherin cronies, he is Regulus-esque in the worthlessness of his existence. People calling Drarry enemies-to-lovers read a very different book because Draco was crawling on the floor licking the lino for crumbs of a rivals-to-lovers and still failing. I repeat, Harry's godfather had to die for him to get any attention, and it's pure displaced rage so Harry is not in the mood to entertain Draco's crushing despair. It's almost comedic how little narrative structure is put into his presence. Apparently the leading theory is because Joanne was pissed girls liked him, and I must say: lmfao.

Draco's most redeeming roles are:

Bouncing another death eater kid who is going through the same shit but is actually experiencing pathos (Draco & Theo)

Rivals with a character who has the energy for him (Draco and Ron, maybe Draco and Zabini who manages to be successfully untouchable through the whole story, which is iconic of him)

Comedic relief (mersnake AU where he is inviting himself into Romione's marriage)

That's right. Your resident "this could have been a platonic character story" aromantic is reporting in, he's not even good for humanizing Snape. HIS GODFATHER! Yessiree folks a prime red flag that a Severitus fic is going to be OOC is the mere presence of Draco Malfoy. We are truly scraping the bottom of the barrel here, some never-before-seen mediocrity!

Well. In short I don't like him, so I am unwilling to be flexible on what could improve his character. A huge improvement to Draco Malfoy would be killing him off at the end of Book 6 to snap Harry out of displacing his feelings onto others and give Snape a good satisfying death spiral to keep him busy.

[fairyofspringdays]

A Patchwork Family

When Harry blows up Aunt Marge, Dumbledore decides he can't be left to his own devices in Diagon Alley for the whole of August and sends him to stay with the only person available - one highly displeased Severus Snape. Harry, for his part, doesn't think this summer could get any worse. After all, what could be more unpleasant than living with Professor Snape?

Finding out that Draco Malfoy is also staying at Spinner’s End, of course.

None of them know how they'll survive a month in each others' company, but they might just come out the other side with something they all need the most: a family.

this fic is what made me fall in love with severus snape! actually i started out in the platonic drarry tag because i honestly think they could've been best friends in another life. i read this fic for platonic drarry, but i stayed for each and every relationship! it gives all the characters justice, they're all written very well and realistically!

there are a lot of sweet scenes. this fic showed me the side of severus that was capable of loving people, and it was incredibly sweet to see harry slowing growing fondness for severus and draco. they're a wonderful family and i would genuinely recommend this fic to anyone and everyone <3

if you could choose one fic to turn someone into a snape fan, what would you choose? a friend of mine who is a certified snater just asked for a recommendation and i'm losing my mind here lol

as a good friend, of course i'm going to use this moment of weakness against them🤫

Oooh what a beautiful opportunity you have here mehehehe...

But to be fair I've only been reading fanfic again since... 3 months? So I don't have a huge list (yet).

And also my fav are totally super specific and ship-centered...

So I don't know if they could turn them into a Snape fan but they could be at least surprised I guess haha:

Fate set Right (completed), which is a Snamione where she goes back in time to the Maraudeur era and I absolutely ADORED their Hogwarts years (the 15 first chapters). It's very long tho (we're talking full re-writing of the whole story) and I consider it a revenge-fic for Severus. Like 'if he had better people around him, this is what his life could have looked like'. The writing is great but we could argue it's not exactly the same character as in the books (highly recommend tho)(he still goes through some pretty traumatic shit as well).

The War of the Roses (ongoing), it's a Snirius with a Sirius POV INCREDIBLY WELL WRITTEN taking place during OotP. I mean, this ship is clearly the hottest and the Sirius characterization is amazing (we really get a good look at how fucked up he is after Azbakan). I'm obsessed with it, it's incredible and I want to reread it 10 times whilst waiting for the next chapter.

Spoonful of Sugar in a Nice Cold Cup of Revenge (completed), Fleamont Potter/Severus Snape... yes. Yes I know, but it's so good. Basically teen!Snape meets Fleamont-Daddy-Green-Flag-Potter and it's sweet and amazing. No more comments your Honor.

I could give you others but these 3 I hold close to my heart.

BUT PEOPLE FROM THE SNAPEDOM: Please leave a comment with your best recommendations !!! I'd love to read them as well and maybe we can turn a snater into one of us! LET'S UNITE ! 🐍✨

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[sevinagreatergood]

I found an artist on TikTok that deserves more recognition. They animate severitus and (platonic) snily. They don't get much viewers though. So please spread the word, this is their account:

im.better.than.pottah

Also, I have no idea if this is offensive. I just want them to get more views for their good animations and art.

[birdiesnest]

Do you have any purely snupin-centric fic ideas? Or headcanons?

I have a couple of snupin fic ideas that i've at least written down! The first is an AU where Severus decided to sneak back in during the final battle before he would have been killed and intervened when Greyback attacked Lavender Brown. He ends up becoming personally invested in stopping Greyback- for some reason it's decided that the easiest way to kill him is in the middle of his transformation. Unfortunately it ends with Severus being bitten during the plan, and Remus (well, Moony) takes down Greyback and then takes it upon himself to help Severus cope with his newfound lycanthropy. Another was an idea for a generic-ish fantasy AU where Severus is the owner of an apothecary who illegally uses magic. He has to leave his old shop behind and ends up settling in a little village next to a church, where Remus is a Moon Priest, aka. he's actually a werewolf. Severus becomes suspicious of the weirdly powerful priest. (Also sirius is in this, he's a runaway prince and one of the few people legally allowed to use magic and he befriends Remus but they are platonic besties) As for headcanons..

Severus both hates and doesn't hate Remus during school- he resents him for not stopping the Marauders but at the same time he understands not rocking the boat with those who accept you, which is what he had to do with the Slytherins so he could fit in.

Remus tried to befriend Severus both during school and during POA but he's so timid that Severus never takes him seriously.

Alternatively, they were secret friends/lovers at school- everything fell apart during the war and they stopped talking for a long time.

I'm partial to Severitus fics where Snupin is the main pairing.

I like pairing Severus with both Remus and/or Sirius but I know that Snupin/Moonprince is WAY more likely than Snirius/Snack/Starprince lol